Western cyclone., 1887-05-19


wore it only one day; he says that it
does not fit him properly in the shoul-
ders. Now is your opportunity, should
it suit you, to purchase a splendid
article, and cheap too. You are lucky,
sir"
Sally now advanced with the desired
coat. Wilhelm had hardly had time
to get his arms fairly in the sleeves be-
fore Aaron Meyer called out
"WOnderfui-it fits like a glOve!-
and Sally shouted in ccstasies OF de-
light
Excellent, excellent! Could not
have fitted better if made to order!
1n1 pun Ulcrk wlped the perspA"
ration from his brow. The cries of
admiration from the pair who stood by
greatly increased his agitation. Meyer
pushed him before the looking-glass.
Schulze's heart throbbed wildly. What
a sight! The first new OvercOat for
six years! He turned to the right, to
the left, and then swung himself round
quickly and looked in the glass over
his shoulder. He could scarcely be-
lieve his eyes-the Overcoat fitted him
splendidly!
THE price?" he asked at last, and
waited for the answer with an anxious
face.
"Thirty-two marks" answered the
0utftter.
"Thirty-two marks"
Wilhelm Schulze grew pale. Thirty
twO-that was seven marks more than
Minona had reckoned. But the splcn-
did overcoatI Wilhelm crossed his
arms and stepped backwards and for
wards before the looking-glass. He
had already accustomed himself to the
thought of the possession of such a
treasure. He placed both hands in his
pockets. All the blood in his veins
seemed to rush to his heart at once.
He felt some object in the right-hand
outside pocket-he seized it. 1t was a
pocket-b0Ok-h believed it was-a
well-filled pocket-book too.
Banker Cohen sent it back-wore
it only one day!" rushOd through his
brain.
How much did you say the price
was?" he stammered.
"Thirty-fiye marks" replied Aaron
Meyer.
''Thirty-fve marksP' You said just
now"
Listen, my friend, interrupted the
outtitter; lit happens that | have al
ready promised the overcOat to one OF
my friends. 1t is too dear for you,
look out another; there are plenty
more there, and cheaper too"
The clerk passed his hand through
his hair; he had just felt the book in
his pocket
mo, no." gasped Schulze; II will
take tit suits me. Here is the
money!
With trembling hand he paid the
thirty-tive marks, and then, III his haste
and excitement, left behind him his
old Overcoat and the valuable fur col
lar, and hurried from the shop to his
home, clutching all the way with his
right hand the pocket wherein the sup
posed treasure lay.
Painting, ne rushed so abruptly into
the room that Mrs. Minona, who was
industriously engaged in endeavOring
to turn one Of her husbands old velve-
teen waistcOatS into covering for
hat, was 50 frightened that she stuck
the needle into her knee.
For Heavens sake, Wilhelm, tell
me what has happened! Has any one
robbed you?" she asked.
Wilhelm Schulze did not answer
Exhausted, he sank into a chair and
gasped for breath. A few minutes
passed thus; and then he sprang up,
rushed to the door, locked and bolted
it.
"What is the matter?" cried Minona,
viewing her husband with anxious
eyes; and then she observed the new
OvercOat. "Ah, said she. sitting down
by him. "the new OvercOat perhaps"
Wilhelm Schulze, having partially
recovered his usual compOsure, now
drew forth tho pocket-bo book, and in
hurried words impaired the great Sc
cret to his wife.
But is not that crime?" she broke
in.
Nonsense" replied he-''I have
bought the overcoat with all that is on
and in it, and paid for it. The rich
banker can endure the loss, and we
can well use the money"
How much is it thcn?" inquired his
wife somewhat curiously.
Wilhelm Schulze opened the pocket
book, which to him looked already old
and worn out; but it was manifest
that it was full of something. With
trembling hands he proceeded to un-
fold the contents, and in imagination
even now saw hundred-mark notes
before him. His breathing nearly
ceased from his extraordinary agita-
ton.
Alas, what bitter deception. 1t
was not bank-notes, but a hundred
copies of the same advertisement which
Schulze and his wife had read that
morning over their cofree-viz.-
Selling or Selling or! Aaron
Meyer is selling off twenty-five thou
sand splendid overcoats at the ridi-